Multiplication is commutative
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No, 2-1 = 1/2 The property can be shown as follows. A-y = 1/Ay (2/3)-2 = (3/2)2
2x=3yx=3y-32(3y-3)=3y substitution6y-6=3y distributive property3y=6 addition property of equalityy=2 multiplication(division) property of equalityx=3(2)-3 substitutionx=6-3x=3
2.333333......... or, 2 and 1/3
The distributive property states that for any real numbers a, b, and c, a(b + c) = ab + ac. To create an equation that equals 18 using the distributive property, you can use the factors 2 and 9. For example, 2(7 + 4) = 2(7) + 2(4) = 14 + 8 = 18.
This gives us the equations: n = xy = yx x != y (Note that for this example, the != stands for not equal to similar to some programming languages.) xy always equals yx due to the communtative property of multiplication. So there are actually an infinite number of answers. Some are given below: 6 = (2)(3) = (3)(2), 2 != 3 12 = (3)(4) = (4)(3), 3 != 4